Category: Althorne

We went out for a drive around Essex on 22nd July 2017 and this was the first church that we visited. Down a little lane off the main road to Burnham-on-Crouch, with a little parking area in front of it. The church wasn’t open, also there was no noticeboard.

The grounds were extremely neatly kept, all mowed and weeded and there was a list of do’s and don’ts in regard to headstones. Even the gravestones were in neat tidy rows.

St Andrew’s, Althorne

I will admit to photoshopping out a black cable that stretched from the centre of the tower right across the graveyard, too messy 🙂

I enjoy the history wrapped up in churches, and I like seeing the architecture and architectural details too, but most of all I like to see how a church sits within its environment, what surrounds it and what it is hiding in the corners of its churchyard.

So this blog is as much a celebration of the beautiful Essex countryside as it is a record of churches.

Most of the posts include photo mosaics of the exterior of the building and the interior (if the church was open), but also pictures of the graveyard and views from the church. If you click on any image in the mosaic it will take you to a slideshow.

Some of the churches have multiple entries, depending on how many visits I have made.

These are not fully comprehensive guides to the churches, rather they are meant to whet your appetite and encourage you to visit them yourselves.

I have another blog for churches and places of worship not in Essex, it can be found here